0.17.0 - A new provider and new options

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What's New: ✨

• New: An option has been added that will allow users to delay the initial request for IP information.

  • This can be used to allow a network connection to be established and stabilize before the first request is made.
  • The default is no delay (0 seconds) but can be changed in the Application Settings section of the Settings page.
  • The maximum delay is 600 seconds (10 minutes).

• New: IPWho.org has been added as a new IP/Geolocation information provider.

  • This provider can be selected in the Application Settings section of the Settings page.
  • This provider has a rate limit of 100,000 requests per month.
  • Check out their website and GitHub repo for more information.

• New: The first time the About page is opened, the application will check to see if there is an updated version available.

  • If a newer version is available, A newer release is available will be displayed in place of the Check GitHub for a newer release text. No annoying pop-ups.
  • Clicking on the text will open the GitHub release page in the default browser.
  • This feature is optional and can be disabled in the Application Settings section of the Settings page.

• Updated: File paths in the application log will now be shortened to the first 2 + last 2 parts of the path.

  • This will only apply to paths that are longer than 4 parts.
  • In this context 'parts' are the drive, folders, and file names separated by the path separator character.
  • This should make it easier to read the log entries.
  • This will effectively remove the username from the log entries. Bug Report: log file line obfuscate #180
  • This applies to messages for normal log entries. Log entries created by exceptions will still show the full path.

• Fixed: Escaped Unicode characters should no longer appear in the raw JSON data.

• This release includes the following translation updates:

  • Dutch language updates. Thanks, @CMTriX.
  • French language updates. Thanks, @logounet.
  • German language updates. Thanks, @uDEV2019.
  • Italian language updates. Thanks, @bovirus.
  • Japanese language updates. Thanks, @coolvitto.
  • Korean language updates. Thanks, @VenusGirl.

• This release includes the following dependency updates:

  • Bump NLog from 6.0.1 to 6.0.4 Bump NLog from 6.0.1 to 6.0.2 #174 Bump NLog from 6.0.2 to 6.0.3 #177 Bump NLog from 6.0.3 to 6.0.4 #184
  • Bump System.Drawing.Common from 9.0.7 to 9.0.9 Bump System.Drawing.Common from 9.0.7 to 9.0.8 #175 Bump System.Drawing.Common from 9.0.8 to 9.0.9 #182
  • Bump Vanara.PInvoke.User32 from 4.1.6 to 4.2.1 Bump Vanara.PInvoke.User32 from 4.1.6 to 4.2.0 #178 Bump Vanara.PInvoke.User32 from 4.2.0 to 4.2.1 #183

Translations ✍

Important

I never cease to be amazed by the people willing to help out with translations.
Thank you all so much. 🤩

If you wish to contribute a new translation, or update a current translation, check out the Contribute a Translation topic in the Wiki. Your help would be awesome.

Full Changelog: v0.16.1...v0.17.0

File Descriptions

It seems that GitHub is now including the file size and sha256 hashes in the download links, so I have removed them from the table below. For those that want to verify the files, you can use the links to VirusTotal.

File Name	Description	Virus Total
GetMyIP_0.17.0.0_x64x86_Setup.exe	Installer, requires .NET 8 runtime to already be present	Link
GetMyIP_0.17.0.0_SC_x64_Setup.exe	Installer, x64 architecture, Self-Contained, .NET runtime not required	Link
GetMyIP_0.17.0.0_SC_x86_Setup.exe	Installer, x86 architecture, Self-Contained, .NET runtime not required	Link
GetMyIP_0.17.0.0_x64x86_Portable.zip	Zip archive, requires .NET 8 runtime to already be present	Link
GetMyIP_0.17.0.0_SC_x64_Portable.zip	Zip archive, x64 architecture, Self-Contained, .NET runtime not required	Link
GetMyIP_0.17.0.0_SC_x86_Portable.zip	Zip archive, x86 architecture, Self-Contained, .NET runtime not required	Link

Caution

When switching between install types (i.e. x64x86, SC_x64, SC_x86) please uninstall the previous version before installing the current version. Failure to do so may produce unpredictable results. Users of portable versions should replace the entire folder.

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